TV SCHEDULE, STANDINGS & MORE - OCT. 3.
TV, RADIO
TODAY
11 a.m. - Women's Professional Golf: Mediterranean Ladies Open Final Round from Barcelona, Spain (GOLF).
12:55 p.m. - International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Group C Match - Red Star Belgrade vs. Paris Saint-Germain (TNT, UNIVISION).
3 p.m. - International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Group B Match - FC Barcelona vs. Tottenham (TNT, UNIVISON).
7 p.m. - Women's College Volleyball: Georgia at Auburn (ESPNU).
7 p.m. - Women's College Volleyball: Kansas State at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).
7 p.m. - Women's College Volleyball: Clemson at Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH).
7 p.m. - Men's College Soccer: Bucknell at Loyola (Md.) (STADIUM).
7:30 p.m. - NHL Hockey: Boston at Washington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).
8 p.m. - Women's International Golf: UL International Crown Day 1 from Incheon, South Korea (GOLF).
8 p.m. - NBA Preseason Basketball: Chicago at Milwaukee (NBA TV).
8 p.m. - Women's College Volleyball: Alabama at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).
8 p.m. - Major League Baseball: American League Playoffs Wild Card Game - Oakland at New York Yankees (TBS).
9 p.m. - Women's College Volleyball: Texas at Texas Christian (ESPNU).
10:30 p.m. - NBA Preseason Basketball: Minnesota at Los Angeles Clippers (NBA TV).
10:30 p.m. - NHL Hockey: Anaheim at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).
11 p.m. - Professional Tennis: Japan Open Championships Early-Round Matches and China Open Early-Round Matches (TENNIS).
4 a.m. - Professional Tennis: Japan Open Championships Early-Round Matches and China Open Early-Round Matches (TENNIS).
NFL STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
WLTPctPFPA
Miami310.7508290
New England220.5009584
Buffalo130.25050106
N.Y. Jets130.2508989
South
WLTPctPFPA
Tennessee310.7507573
Jacksonville310.7508856
Houston130.25096108
Indianapolis130.25094100
North
WLTPctPFPA
Cincinnati310.750126113
Baltimore310.75012365
Cleveland121.375102104
Pittsburgh121.375102116
West
WLTPctPFPA
Kansas City4001.000145115
Denver220.5008497
L.A. Chargers220.500111120
Oakland130.25097123
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
WLTPctPFPA
Washington210.6676444
Dallas220.5006777
Philadelphia220.5008281
N.Y. Giants130.2507395
South
WLTPctPFPA
New Orleans310.750137121
Carolina210.6677160
Tampa Bay220.500112139
Atlanta130.250116122
North
WLTPctPFPA
Chicago310.75011165
Green Bay211.6259283
Minnesota121.37590110
Detroit130.25094114
West
WLTPctPFPA
L.A. Rams4001.00014067
Seattle220.5008581
San Francisco130.250100118
Arizona040.0003794
Thursday's Games
L.A. Rams 38, Minnesota 31
Sunday's Games
New England 38, Miami 7
Dallas 26, Detroit 24
Chicago 48, Tampa Bay 10
Green Bay 22, Buffalo 0
Jacksonville 31, N.Y. Jets 12
Cincinnati 37, Atlanta 36
Tennessee 26, Philadelphia 23, OT
Houston 37, Indianapolis 34, OT
Seattle 20, Arizona 17
New Orleans 33, N.Y. Giants 18
L.A. Chargers 29, San Francisco 27
Oakland 45, Cleveland 42, OT
Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 14
Open: Washington, Carolina
Monday's Games
Kansas City 27, Denver 23
Thursday, Oct. 4
Indianapolis at New England, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7
Miami at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Denver at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Dallas at Houston, 8:20 p.m.
Open: Tampa Bay, Chicago
Monday, Oct. 8
Washington at New Orleans, 8:15 p.m.
MLB POSTSEASON
WILD CARD
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Colorado (Freeland 17-7) at Chicago (Lester 18-6), 8:08 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Oct. 3: Oakland (Hendriks 0-1) at New York (Severino 19-8), 8:08 p.m. (TBS)
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
All Games on TBS
Boston vs. New York-Oakland winner
Friday, Oct. 5: New York-Oakland winner at Boston (Sale 12-4), 7:32 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6: New York-Oakland winner at Boston (Price (16-7), 8:15 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 8: Boston (Porcello 17-7) at New York-Oakland winner, TBA
x-Tuesday, Oct. 9: Boston at New York-Oakland winner, TBA
x-Thursday, Oct. 11: New York-Oakland winner at Boston, TBA
Houston vs. Cleveland
Friday, Oct. 5: Cleveland (Kluber 20-7) at Houston (Verlander 16-9), 2:05 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6: Cleveland (Carrasco 17-10) at Houston (Cole 15-5), 4:37 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 8: Houston (Keuchel 12-11) at Cleveland (Clevinger 13-8), TBA
x-Tuesday, Oct. 9: Houston at Cleveland, TBA
x-Thursday, Oct. 11: Cleveland at Houston, TBA
National League
FS1 and MLB Network
Milwaukee vs. Colorado-Chicago winner
Thursday, Oct. 4: Colorado-Chicago winner at Milwaukee, 5:07 p.m. (FS1)
Friday, Oct. 5: Colorado-Chicago winner at Milwaukee, 4:15 p.m. (FS1)
Sunday, Oct. 7: Milwaukee at Colorado-Chicago winner, 4:37 p.m. (MLB)
x-Monday, Oct. 8: Milwaukee at Colorado-Chicago winner, TBA
x-Wednesday, Oct. 10: Colorado-Chicago winner at Milwaukee, TBA
Los Angeles vs. Atlanta
Thursday, Oct. 4: Atlanta (Mike Foltynewicz 13-10) at Los Angeles, 8:37 p.m. (MLB)
Friday, Oct. 5: Atlanta at Los Angeles, 9:37 p.m. (FS1)
Sunday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 8:07 p.m. (FS1)
x-Monday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles at Atlanta, TBA
x-Wednesday, Oct. 10: Atlanta at Los Angeles, TBA
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7, x-if necessary)
American League
All Games on TBS
Saturday, Oct. 13:
Sunday, Oct. 14:
Tuesday, Oct. 16:
Wednesday, Oct. 17:
x-Thursday, Oct. 18:
x-Saturday, Oct. 20:
x-Sunday, Oct. 21:
National League
Fox and FS1
Friday, Oct. 12:
Saturday, Oct. 13:
Monday, Oct. 15:
Tuesday, Oct. 16:
x-Wednesday, Oct. 17:
x-Friday, Oct. 19:
x-Saturday, Oct. 20:
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7, x-if necessary)
All Games on FOX
Tuesday, Oct. 23:
Wednesday, Oct. 24:
Friday, Oct. 26:
Saturday, Oct. 27:
x-Sunday, Oct. 28:
x-Tuesday, Oct. 30:
x-Wednesday, Oct. 31:
MLB LEADERS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING_Betts, Boston, .346; Martinez, Boston, .330; Altuve, Houston, .315; Trout, Los Angeles, .312; Brantley, Cleveland, .309; Merrifield, Kansas City, .304; Segura, Seattle, .304; Wendle, Tampa Bay, .300; Castellanos, Detroit, .298; Andujar, New York, .297.
RUNS_Betts, Boston, 129; Lindor, Cleveland, 129; Martinez, Boston, 111; Ramirez, Cleveland, 110; Bregman, Houston, 105; Benintendi, Boston, 103; Springer, Houston, 102; Stanton, New York, 102; Trout, Los Angeles, 101; Chapman, Oakland, 100.
RBI_Martinez, Boston, 130; Davis, Oakland, 123; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 107; Ramirez, Cleveland, 106; Bogaerts, Boston, 103; Bregman, Houston, 103; Stanton, New York, 100; Lowrie, Oakland, 99; Cruz, Seattle, 97; Haniger, Seattle, 93.
HITS_Merrifield, Kansas City, 192; Martinez, Boston, 188; Castellanos, Detroit, 185; Lindor, Cleveland, 183; Betts, Boston, 180; Segura, Seattle, 178; Brantley, Cleveland, 176; Andujar, New York, 170; Bregman, Houston, 170; Haniger, Seattle, 170.
DOUBLES_Bregman, Houston, 51; Andujar, New York, 47; Betts, Boston, 47; Castellanos, Detroit, 46; Bogaerts, Boston, 45; Merrifield, Kansas City, 43; Chapman, Oakland, 42; Lindor, Cleveland, 42; Benintendi, Boston, 41; Piscotty, Oakland, 41.
TRIPLES_Smith, Tampa Bay, 10; Sanchez, Chicago, 10; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 9; Gordon, Seattle, 8; Gardner, New York, 7; Hernandez, Toronto, 7; Span, Seattle, 7; 7 tied at 6.
HOME RUNS_Davis, Oakland, 48; Martinez, Boston, 43; Gallo, Texas, 40; Ramirez, Cleveland, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 39; Lindor, Cleveland, 38; Stanton, New York, 38; Cruz, Seattle, 37; Betts, Boston, 32; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 32.
STOLEN BASES_Merrifield, Kansas City, 45; Smith, Tampa Bay, 40; Ramirez, Cleveland, 34; Mondesi, Kansas City, 32; Betts, Boston, 30; Gordon, Seattle, 30; Anderson, Chicago, 26; Lindor, Cleveland, 25; Trout, Los Angeles, 24; 4 tied at 21.
PITCHING_Snell, Tampa Bay, 21-5; Kluber, Cleveland, 20-7; Severino, New York, 19-8; Carrasco, Cleveland, 17-10; Happ, New York, 17-6; Porcello, Boston, 17-7; Price, Boston, 16-7; Verlander, Houston, 16-9; Yarbrough, Tampa Bay, 16-6; 2 tied at 15.
ERA_Snell, Tampa Bay, 1.89; Bauer, Cleveland, 2.21; Verlander, Houston, 2.52; Cole, Houston, 2.88; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.89; Clevinger, Cleveland, 3.02; Morton, Houston, 3.13; Carrasco, Cleveland, 3.38; Severino, New York, 3.39; Fiers, Oakland, 3.56.
STRIKEOUTS_Verlander, Houston, 290; Cole, Houston, 276; Sale, Boston, 237; Carrasco, Cleveland, 231; Kluber, Cleveland, 222; Bauer, Cleveland, 221; Snell, Tampa Bay, 221; Severino, New York, 220; Paxton, Seattle, 208; Clevinger, Cleveland, 207.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING_Yelich, Milwaukee, .326; Gennett, Cincinnati, .310; Freeman, Atlanta, .309; Rendon, Washington, .308; Cain, Milwaukee, .308; Zobrist, Chicago, .305; Martinez, St. Louis, .305; Dickerson, Pittsburgh, .300; Markakis, Atlanta, .297; Arenado, Colorado, .297.
RUNS_Blackmon, Colorado, 119; Yelich, Milwaukee, 118; Carpenter, St. Louis, 111; Albies, Atlanta, 105; Arenado, Colorado, 104; Harper, Washington, 103; Turner, Washington, 103; Baez, Chicago, 101; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 95; Freeman, Atlanta, 94.
RBI_Baez, Chicago, 111; Arenado, Colorado, 110; Yelich, Milwaukee, 110; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 108; Story, Colorado, 108; Suarez, Cincinnati, 104; Rizzo, Chicago, 101; Harper, Washington, 100; Freeman, Atlanta, 98; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 96.
HITS_Freeman, Atlanta, 191; Yelich, Milwaukee, 187; Markakis, Atlanta, 185; Blackmon, Colorado, 182; Peraza, Cincinnati, 182; Gennett, Cincinnati, 181; Turner, Washington, 180; Baez, Chicago, 176; Arenado, Colorado, 175; Story, Colorado, 174.
DOUBLES_Freeman, Atlanta, 44; Rendon, Washington, 44; Markakis, Atlanta, 43; Carpenter, St. Louis, 42; Story, Colorado, 42; Albies, Atlanta, 40; Baez, Chicago, 40; Arenado, Colorado, 38; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 38; Cabrera, Philadelphia, 36.
TRIPLES_KMarte, Arizona, 12; Baez, Chicago, 9; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 9; Desmond, Colorado, 8; Margot, San Diego, 8; Nimmo, New York, 8; Rosario, New York, 8; CTaylor, Los Angeles, 8; 5 tied at 7.
HOME RUNS_Arenado, Colorado, 38; Story, Colorado, 37; Carpenter, St. Louis, 36; Yelich, Milwaukee, 36; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 35; Muncy, Los Angeles, 35; Baez, Chicago, 34; Harper, Washington, 34; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 34; Suarez, Cincinnati, 34.
STOLEN BASES_Turner, Washington, 43; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 34; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 33; Cain, Milwaukee, 30; Inciarte, Atlanta, 28; Story, Colorado, 27; Jankowski, San Diego, 24; Rosario, New York, 24; MTaylor, Washington, 24; Peraza, Cincinnati, 23.
PITCHING_Lester, Chicago, 18-6; Mikolas, St. Louis, 18-4; Scherzer, Washington, 18-7; Freeland, Colorado, 17-7; Nola, Philadelphia, 17-6; Chacin, Milwaukee, 15-8; Godley, Arizona, 15-11; Greinke, Arizona, 15-11; 4 tied at 14.
ERA_deGrom, New York, 1.70; Nola, Philadelphia, 2.37; Scherzer, Washington, 2.53; Mikolas, St. Louis, 2.83; Freeland, Colorado, 2.85; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 2.85; Williams, Pittsburgh, 3.11; Corbin, Arizona, 3.15; Taillon, Pittsburgh, 3.20; Greinke, Arizona, 3.21.
STRIKEOUTS_Scherzer, Washington, 300; deGrom, New York, 269; Corbin, Arizona, 246; Marquez, Colorado, 230; Nola, Philadelphia, 224; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 202; Greinke, Arizona, 199; Pivetta, Philadelphia, 188; Godley, Arizona, 185; Gray, Colorado, 183.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FCS COACHES POLL
SPARTANBURG (AP) - The top 25 teams in the 2018 Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 29, points and previous ranking:
RecordPtsPvs
1. North Dakota State (26)4-06501
2. James Madison4-16242
3. Kennesaw State4-15814
4. Eastern Washington4-15575
4. South Dakota State2-15573
6. Wofford3-15306
7. Weber State3-15007
8. Jacksonville State3-14668
9. Elon3-14389
10. McNeese4-141811
11. N.C. A&T4-136813
12. Nicholls3-234415
13. Stony Brook4-133017
14. Illinois State3-126610
15. Montana4-126218
16. Sam Houston State2-224219
17. Rhode Island3-120520
18. Central Arkansas2-219812
19. Villanova3-218514
20. Colgate4-014923
21. UC Davis3-114422
22. Northern Iowa2-213921
23. Princeton3-07225
24. Towson3-165NR
25. Maine2-26316
Others Receiving Votes: ETSU 17, South Dakota 15, Chattanooga 14, Missouri State 13, Western Illinois 10, Sacramento State 7, Southeastern Louisiana 5, Yale 4, Dartmouth 3, Montana State 3, Delaware 2, Idaho State 2, Harvard 1, Tennessee State 1.